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25 - Exercise class for over 60s, Wharncliffe Hall, Newtyle, 10am, £4. 25 - Craft n Craic monthly craft meeting, St Catharine’s Hall, George Street, Blairgowrie, 7-9pm. Meet other crafters, get help with a project or enjoy crafty chat over a cuppa. Everyone welcome. £2. 25 - Blairgowrie and District Civic Trust meeting, Adult Resource Centre, 7.30pm, with speaker Mark Nixon on the 1884 Reform Agitation in Perthshire, especially the Blairgowrie and Rattray areas. 25 - Blairgowrie Scottish Country Dance Club, 7.30pm, Blairgowrie Town Hall. £20 per session or £4 per evening. 26 - Exercise class for over 60s, Blairgowrie Town Hall, 11.15am, £3.50. 26 - Blairgowrie, Rattray and District Local History Trust meeting, 7.15pm, Blairgowrie Fire Station, West George Street. 26 - Coupar Angus Cycling Hub Hallowe’en cycle, 6.30pm, The Cross, Coupar Angus. All abilities of cyclist catered for with a choice of a 10-mile ride, a 20-mile ride or a 30-mile ride. Contact 01828 958296 for further information. 27 - Basket whist, Blackwater Hall, from 7.30pm. Also includes a raffle. In aid of hall funds. All welcome. 28 - Blairgowrie Bowling Club present Dunkeld and District Strathspey and Reel Society, Blairgowrie Town Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £10, £8 concessions, are available from the club, Mitchells Newsagents on the High Street, online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/blairgowriebowlingclub or at the door. 28 - Hallowe’en party, Wellmeadow, Blairgowrie. From 1pm. Bouncy castles, stalls, party games, art and craft activities, story time, pumpkin carving competition and lots more fun. Free event, dressing up encouraged, all welcome. 28 - Blairgowrie and District Ramblers walk, Kingsbarns to St Andrews, 8.5 miles, Grade B. For more information telephone 01250 870260. 29 - Blairgowrie and District Hillwalking Club, Mount Battock. See the website at www.bdhc.org.uk for more information or contact meet secretary on email meets@bdhc.org.uk to confirm attendance. 29 - Strathmore Screen community cinema, Blairgowrie Town Hall. The Jungle Bunch (U) at 4pm and Victoria and Abdul (PG) at 7pm. Tickets on sale from Mitchell’s Newsagents on Blairgowrie High Street and Calutek, priced £6.50 for adults, £5.50 concessions and £5 for children. Family tickets – for one adult and up to three children or two adults and two children – are £21. Doors open 30 minutes prior to each film. Refreshments and home baking available. 31 - Special Treats Lunch Club, Royal Hotel, noon. Contact Shonaidh Beattie on 01250 870525 or email shocarjen@ btinternet.com for more information. 31 - St Anne’s Ecumenical Lunch Club, noon, Church Hall, Coupar Angus. Soup, toasties, cheese, biscuits, tea and coffee. £2.50. 31 - Ericht Scottish Country Dancing Club, Blairgowrie Town Hall, 7.10pm to 8.30pm for beginners and improvers, 7.30pm to 9.30pm for the general class. All welcome. Contact 01250 870975 for more information.

1 - Exercise class for over 60s, Wharncliffe Hall, Newtyle, 10am, £4. 1 - Blairgowrie Scottish Country Dance Club, 7.30pm, Blairgowrie Town Hall. 1 - Quiz on ghosts, ghouls and things that go bump in the night, Cargill’s Restaurant and Bistro, Blairgowrie. Set meal from 5pm and quiz at 6.30pm. £15 per person for the meal and quiz or £5 per person for the quiz only. Suggested number in a team is four. For more information or to make a booking please contact Cargill’s on 01250 876735 or email Deirdre McVean at deirdre.mcvean@ btinternet.com. All proceeds will go to the Name a Guide Dog puppy fund. 1 - Talk offering hints and tips on how to get your house winter ready and save money this winter, Kirkmichael Session House, 7.30pm, with Noeleen Chapman and Martin Mathers from the Rattray and the Glens HEAT Project. 2 - Blairgowrie and District Ramblers AGM, Royal Hotel, Blairgowrie, 7.30pm. For more information telephone 01250 873577. 2 - Exercise class for over 60s, Blairgowrie Town Hall, 11.15am, £3.50. 2 - Alyth Parish Church Guild `Seemas Children`s Home’ in India by Avril Duncan, 2pm, Alyth Parish Church (Lower Hall). All welcome. 3 - Animal welfare sale in aid of cats and other animals in need, St Martin’s Public Hall, Balbeggie, 10am-4pm. Stalls include Brownies, Christmas goods, bric-a-brac, ‘good as new’, books, CDs, toys, jewellery and plants. There will also be a tombola, raffle and refreshments. All welcome. 3- Rattray Bowling Club annual dinner dance and presentation of trophies, 7pm, at the Clubhouse. Music and three-course meal. Tickets can be obtained at the bar in the clubhouse. 4 - Big Listen 4, Blairgowrie Library, 9.30am to 12.30pm, a range of free activities designed to encourage more people to use their local library and find out what it has to offer. Featuring performances from Perthshire Brass, a Lego zone, a messy painting session and Code Club demonstrations. Volunteers from Blairgowrie Genealogy Centre will also be on hand. 4 - Quiz night, Blackwater Hall, from 7.30pm. Teams of four. Licensed bar and raffle. In aid of hall funds. Contact Pam on 01250 882352 or Morag on 01250 882241. 4 - Meigle Christmas Fayre, 10am–1pm in Kinloch Hall, Meigle. To book a table please phone Doris on 07765 018758. In aid of hall funds. 2-5 - Association of Blairgowrie Craftworkers, annual Christmas craft fair, Blairgowrie Town Hall, 10am-4pm. Featuring a range of products from local crafters. Entry by silver donation. 6 - Riverside Methodist Church (Blairgowrie and Rattray) monthly coffee morning, Wellmeadow Cafe, Gas Brae, 10-11.30am. All welcome. 7 - Special Treats Lunch Club, Royal Hotel, noon. Contact Shonaidh Beattie on 01250 870525 or email shocarjen@btinternet.com for more information. 7 - Ericht Scottish Country Dancing Club, Blairgowrie Town Hall, 7.10pm to 8.30pm for beginners and improvers, 7.30pm to 9.30pm for the general class. All welcome. Contact 01250 870975 for more information. 8 - Ardblair Medical Practice, Ann Street, Blairgowrie, flu vaccination catch-up day, 8.30am to 1pm. 8 - Exercise class for over 60s, Wharncliffe Hall, Newtyle, 10am, £4. 8 - Blairgowrie Scottish Country Dance Club, 7.30pm, Blairgowrie Town Hall. £20 per session or £4 per evening. 8 - Drimmieburn and Meikleour SWI, 7pm, St Catherine’s Centre, George Street, Blairgowrie. New members made especially welcome. For more information please contact secretary Kay Smith on 01250 872440. 9 - Exercise class for over 60s, Blairgowrie Town Hall, 11.15am, £3.50. 9 - Blairgowrie and Rattray Community Council meeting, 7pm, Adult Resource Centre, Jessie Street. Everyone welcome. 10-12 - Hamish Matters, a new festival featuring live music, storytelling, sessions, film and more celebrating Hamish Henderson in Blairgowrie and Rattray. Various locations. 11 - Blairgowrie and District Ramblers walk to Kitty Swanson’s Bridge, 8 miles, Grade C+. For more information telephone 01250 874301. 11 – Short ceremony and laying of a wreath at the Wellmeadow War Memorial by Blairgowrie Branch,

Legion Scotland at 11am. 12 – Remembrance Day Parade, organised by Blairgowrie Branch, Legion Scotland from Upper Brown Street at 12.20pm to the War Memorial in the Wellmeadow. The laying of wreaths and the Service start at 12.30pm. 12 - Remembrance Day Service, Coupar Angus Abbey Church, 10.45am, followed at noon by a parade led by Coupar Angus Pipe Band from the Cross to the war memorial at Coupar Angus Primary School where there will be a short service by Rev Andy Gray. Organisers are keen to encourage as many people as possible to represent local groups and veterans at the memorial service. 12 - Legends of American Country, Blairgowrie Town Hall. Two-hour show featuring the hits of legends including Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers and Patsy Cline. Tickets £18 available online at www.ticketsource. co.uk, subject to booking fee, and also at Mitchell’s Newsagents, High Street, Blairgowrie. Doors open 6.45pm. Show starts, 7.30pm. For further details contact 07751434296. 13 - Blairgowrie High School parent council meeting, Blairgowrie High School, Beeches Road, 6pm. All parents and carers of learners attending Blairgowrie High School welcome to attend. 14 - Special Treats Lunch Club, Royal Hotel, noon. Contact Shonaidh Beattie on 01250 870525 or email shocarjen@ btinternet.com for more information. 14 - Blairgowrie Bowling Club whist drive, 2pm, clubhouse, Lochy Terrace. Everyone welcome, no experience necessary. £2 which includes tea and coffee and tasty bites. Anyone wishing to be picked up should contact Elspeth Campbell on 01250 876543. 14 - St Anne’s Ecumenical Lunch Club, noon, Church Hall, Coupar Angus. Soup, toasties, cheese, biscuits, tea and coffee. £2.50. 14 - Ericht Scottish Country Dancing Club, Blairgowrie Town Hall, 7.10pm to 8.30pm for beginners and improvers, 7.30pm to 9.30pm for the general class. All welcome. Contact 01250 870975 for more information. 15 - Exercise class for over 60s, Wharncliffe Hall, Newtyle, 10am, £4. 15 - Clunie Hall Knit and Natter, Clunie Hall, 2-4pm. All welcome. 15 - Blairgowrie Scottish Country Dance Club, 7.30pm, Blairgowrie Town Hall. £20 per session or £4 per evening. 16 - Exercise class for over 60s, Blairgowrie Town Hall, 11.15am, £3.50.

17 - Blairgowrie and District Hillwalking Club, club night, 7.30pm, Blairgowrie Golf Club. See the website at www. bdhc.org.uk for more information or contact meet secretary on email meets@bdhc.org.uk to confirm attendance. 17 - Clunie Hall Association, whist drive, Clunie Hall. 7.30pm. All welcome. 18 - Annual Christmas craft fair. Bridge of Cally Hall, from 10am-12.30pm. There will be Christmas crafts, cards, treats and other stalls. Activities also include a ‘guess the weight of the cake’ competition, Christmas tombola and raffle. Entry is £2.50 for adults, with children free. The fee includes teas, coffees and mince pies. 18 - Blair in Bloom Christmas Crafts and coffee morning, Blairgowrie Town Hall, 9.30am to noon. £2.50 entry with all proceeds going towards supporting the group’s work in the town. All welcome. 18 - Alyth Parish Church Guild, coffee morning, Airlie Street Hall, 10am. 19 - Blairgowrie and District Hillwalking Club, Ben Tirran. See the website at www.bdhc.org.uk for more information or contact meet secretary on email meets@bdhc.org. uk to confirm attendance. 19 - Rattray Bowling Club AGM, 2pm, Rattray Bowling Club, Middle Road. 19 - Ceilidh at the Royal Hotel, Blairgowrie, 2-5pm. Music by Gordon Pattullo and friends. Entry £5 including stovies. For more info call 01250 872226. 20 - Rattray and District SWI, Rattray Halls, Balmoral Road. 7pm for 7.15pm start. Stop! Is this a Scam with Carol Addison from Police Scotland. Competitions - Joyce Smith Baking Trophy for plate apple pie (recipe given), best security tip and flower of the month. For further information please contact Pat Richards on email pat_richards2007@yahoo.com or telephone 01250 871122. 21 - Special Treats Lunch Club, Royal Hotel, noon. Contact Shonaidh Beattie on 01250 870525 or email shocarjen@btinternet.com for more information. 21 - Ericht Scottish Country Dancing Club, Blairgowrie Town Hall, 7.10pm to 8.30pm for beginners and improvers, 7.30pm to 9.30pm for the general class. All welcome. Contact 01250 870975 for more information. 22 - Exercise class for over 60s, Wharncliffe Hall, Newtyle, 10am, £4. 22 - Blairgowrie Scottish Country Dance Club, 7.30pm, Blairgowrie Town Hall. £20 per session or £4 per evening.

23 - Exercise class for over 60s, Blairgowrie Town Hall, 11.15am, £3.50. 25 - Blairgowrie and District Ramblers area AGM at Scone followed by a short walk. For more information telephone 01828 632892. 25 - Christmas lights switch-on, Market Square, Alyth, 6.30pm. 26 - Alyth Development Trust fundraising table sale, Alyth Town Hall, 11-4pm. 26 - Artie Trezise, formerly of the Singing Kettle, will be hosting an afternoon of fun and songs in Cargill’s Bistro, Blairgowrie. Buffet at noon and the show starts at 12.30pm. Ticket only event, £12.50 per person. All proceeds will go to the Name a Guide Dog puppy fund. 27 - Blairgowrie Bowling Club bingo tea, club rooms, Lochy Terrace. Doors open 6.30pm, eyes down 7.15pm. Please bring own cup. All welcome. 28 - Special Treats Lunch Club, Royal Hotel, noon. Contact Shonaidh Beattie on 01250 870525 or email shocarjen@btinternet.com for more information. 28 - St Anne’s Ecumenical Lunch Club, noon, Church Hall, Coupar Angus. Soup, toasties, cheese, biscuits, tea and coffee. £2.50. 28 - Ericht Scottish Country Dancing Club, Blairgowrie Town Hall, 7.10pm to 8.30pm for beginners and improvers, 7.30pm to 9.30pm for the general class. All welcome. Contact 01250 870975 for more information. 29 - Special Treats Group trip to Edinburgh to see Beautiful. Contact Shonaidh Beattie on 01250 870525 or email shocarjen@btinternet.com for more information or to book. 29 - Exercise class for over 60s, Wharncliffe Hall, Newtyle, 10am, £4. 29 - Craft n Craic monthly craft meeting, St Catharine’s Hall, George Street, Blairgowrie, 7-9pm. Meet other crafters, get help with a project or enjoy crafty chat over a cuppa. Everyone welcome. £2. 29 - Blairgowrie and District Civic Trust meeting, Adult Resource Centre, 7.30pm, with speaker Edward Small on the Dundee Four Marys. 29 - Blairgowrie Scottish Country Dance Club, 7.30pm, Blairgowrie Town Hall. £20 per session or £4 per evening. 30 - Exercise class for over 60s, Blairgowrie Town Hall, 11.15am, £3.50.

3 - Riverside Methodist Church (Blairgowrie and Rattray) monthly coffee morning, Wellmeadow Cafe, Gas Brae, 10-11.30am.